Website Terms of Use
Last updated: October 2026
These terms apply to your use of govaitum.com, including its restricted areas. By using the website you accept them. If you do not accept them, please do not use the website.
1. About this website
This website is operated under the name Govaitum. It describes our work with Audit and Risk Committees and accountable Senior Managers of firms regulated in the United Kingdom. You can contact us through the contact form on this website.
2. Information only
2.1 The content of this website is general information about our services. It is not legal, regulatory, accounting, financial or other professional advice, and it does not take account of the circumstances of any particular firm. You should not act or refrain from acting on the basis of it without taking appropriate advice.
2.2 Descriptions of past work are illustrative. Names, firms and figures are omitted or changed, and they are not a promise of any particular result.
2.3 Using this website, or sending us an enquiry, does not create a client relationship or any duty of care. Any engagement will be governed only by a separate written agreement signed by both parties.
2.4 Please do not send us confidential or price-sensitive information about your firm, or special category personal data, through the contact form.
3. Restricted areas
3.1 Some parts of this website are protected by a password. Access is given at our discretion, for the purpose for which it was provided.
3.2 You must keep any password we give you confidential and must not share it with anyone who has not been authorised by us. Please tell us promptly if you believe a password has been disclosed.
3.3 Material in restricted areas is confidential. You may use it only to evaluate our services for your firm. You must not copy, publish, forward or disclose it to anyone else without our prior written permission.
3.4 We may change passwords, or suspend or withdraw access to any restricted area, at any time and without notice.
4. Acceptable use
You must not:
- use the website in any way that breaks the law or regulation, or that is fraudulent or harmful;
- try to gain unauthorised access to the website, its restricted areas, or the systems behind it, or test their security without our written permission;
- introduce malicious code, or interfere with or disrupt the website;
- send unsolicited or automated messages through the contact form, or use automated tools to copy or extract content from the website; or
- use the website to submit material that is defamatory, offensive or infringes anyone's rights.
5. Intellectual property
The website and its content, including text, graphics, logos, documents and design, are owned by us or our licensors and are protected by intellectual property laws. You may view the public pages and print or download extracts for your own internal business reference. You must not otherwise copy, adapt, distribute or commercially use any content without our prior written permission. "Govaitum" and the Govaitum logos may not be used without our permission.
6. Links to other websites
Where the website links to other websites, those links are provided for convenience only. We have no control over those websites and are not responsible for their content or for how they handle personal data.
7. Availability and changes to content
We do not guarantee that the website, or any part of it, will always be available or free from errors or interruption. We may change, suspend or remove any part of the website at any time. We take reasonable care over the content, but we do not guarantee that it is complete, accurate or up to date.
8. Our liability
8.1 Nothing in these terms limits or excludes our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any other liability that cannot be limited or excluded under the law of England and Wales.
8.2 Subject to clause 8.1, and to the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties and other terms that might otherwise be implied into these terms or about the content of the website.
8.3 Subject to clause 8.1, we will not be liable to you, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty or otherwise, for any loss or damage arising from use of, or inability to use, the website, or from reliance on any of its content. In particular, we will not be liable for loss of profits, revenue, business, contracts or anticipated savings, loss of goodwill or reputation, loss or corruption of data, or any indirect or consequential loss.
8.4 This website is intended for business use. If you nevertheless use it as a consumer, nothing in these terms affects your statutory rights.
9. Privacy
Our Privacy Notice explains how we handle personal data collected through the website, including through the contact form and session cookies.
10. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms from time to time. The version on this page applies each time you use the website, so please check it when you visit.
11. General
If any part of these terms is found to be unenforceable, the rest will continue to apply. If we do not enforce any of these terms straight away, we can still enforce them later.
12. Governing law and jurisdiction
These terms, and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or with the website (including non-contractual disputes or claims), are governed by the law of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction.